NPD to STOP reporting monthly hardware sales (Starting right NOW) :(

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drkohler on 15 October 2010

theRepublic said:

Has NPD revealed their sources?

This link (while somewhat outdated) gives you an idea of how NPD works:

http://www.adobe.com/macromedia/ir/macr/whitepapers/npd_pos.pdf

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Jim6860 on 15 October 2010

It's not just the hardware reporting, it is also the software as well:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-20019356-17.html

"Starting this week, with its September release, NPD's free monthly gaming reports will no longer include the following:

Hardware unit sales
Software unit sales
Individual versions of a title in its bestselling-games list

Instead, the reports will list the top-selling games of the month by title, with all versions of the game included in a single listing. The new reports will also include a statement saying the retail information it collected for the month do not include digital purchases, rentals, and other figures outside of physical sales."

"In any case, you can expect NPD-based reporting on gaming sales to slim down. Even news-publishing clients who have access to the full data upon initial release, Riley said, "are not permitted to use this information for journalism."